Umbrella-holder



(No Model.)

C. T. WORK. UMBRELLA HOLDER.

No. 536,501. Patented Mar. 26, 1895'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEtcE. f

CREE-T. wOEIQOF GREELEY, COLORADO. i N' uMBRELLA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of .Letters Patent No. 536,501, dated March26, 1895. Application filed November 14,1894. Serial No. 528,790.4 (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.: Be it known that I, CREE T. WORK, a citizenof the United States, residing at Greeley, in the county of Weld andState of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Umbrella- Holder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to umbrella holders; and it has for its object toprovide a new and useful device of this character, having simple andeflicient means for holding umbrellas so that they canbe secured at anydesired elevation or angle, or in any desired direction either whenopened or closed, and in this use the holder is especially adapted toprovide means for attaching an umbrella to baby carriages and the like.

With these and other Objects in view, which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the drawingsz-Figure l is a side elevation of an umbrella holder inits applied position to the handle of a baby carriage, showing theumbrella in both its open and folded positions. Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetail side elevation of the hinge joint of the holder. Fig. 3 is a planview of the same. Fig- 4 is a sectional view on the line :2c-x of Fig.2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the holder clamp for the supportingstandard of the holder attachment. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of theholder clamp on the line y-y of Fig. 5.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1-2 designate respectively apair of superposed joint-plates arranged side by side, and adapted towork one against the other in order to provide a hinge joint allowingone of said plates to be turned or rotated on its axis,

While the other of said plates is held stationary. The said joint-plates1 and 2, are. both provided at diametrically opposite points upon theirinner sides with segmental grooves 3, which,when one of said plates isturned, register with each other and thereby form between theregistering superposed plates a continuous circular groove that is alsotruly circular in cross section, and the registering seg-v mentalgrooves 3, formed in the inner sides of the plates 1 and 2, are adaptedto receive therein a round joint-ring 4:. The round jointv ring 4, isround or circular in cross section to snugly register within the grooves3, formed in the inner meeting sides ot' the joint-plates, and by reasonof the arrangement of the grooves 3, of said plates, it will be observedthat the central portions of said plates are de-l pressed so as to workdat against eachV other, and the circular inner edges ot' said platescontact and work on each other so as to securely retain the joint-ringin position between said plates, and the central dat depressed portionsof the plates 1 and 2, are provided with the aligned screw openings 5,that receive a thumb l screw 6, providing means for the tightening up ofthe plates Onto the joint ring or the loosening of said plates as may berequired for the adjustment of the umbrella.

'One of the joint-plates, designated as 1, is provided at one side withan ostanding integral plate extension 7, having at its outer edge acurved bifurcated clamp jaw 8, having outturned or flared extremities 9,and adjustably iitted at one side cf the plate extension '7, of thejoint-plate 1, is a flat clampplate 10, that is also provided at itsouterl edge with a curved bifurcated clamp-jaw 8a, opposed and reverselycurved to the plate 8, and also provided with ontturned or flaredextremities 9a, which, combined with the outturned Or flared extremities9, of the jaw 8, form guides for introducing the umbrella stick X, intothe clamp formed between the opposing duplicate jaws 8 and Si.

The clamp-plate 10 and the plate extension 7, are provided with thealigned screw openings ll, to receive'the thumb screw 12, for tighteningand loosening up the movable jaw 8a, carried by the clamp-plate, andsaid clampplate is provided at its opposite edges with right-angularlydisposed guide lugs 13, that engage in the guide notches 14, formed inOpposite edges of the plate extension 7, thereby providing means forproperly retaining the clamp plate 10, in position when the same isbeing tightened and loosened, and preventing said plate from turning onthe screw 12, as will be obvious.

The other joint plate 2, isprovid ed with an integral tubular socketportion 15, projected from one side and adapted to receive the upper endof a supporting standard 16, that is IOO detachably secured in thesocket 15, of the joint plate 2, by means of a set screw 17, mounted inone side of the tubular socket portion 15, and adapted to impinge on theupper end of the standard 16, and the lower end of said standard 16, ismounted for vertical adjustment in the holder clamp 18, adapted to bedetachably secured on the handle 19, of a baby carriage, or otherdesired point of attachmeut.

The holder clamp 1S, essentially consists of a Xed semi-circularclamp-plate 20, adapted to fit one side of the handle 19, or other roundobject to which it is secured, and said fixed clamp-plate 20, hasprojected integrally from one side thereof at its upper and lower edgesthe offstanding parallel perforate clamp lugs 21, through which looselypasses the standard 16,and said standard is held clamped in itsvertically adjusted position by means ot' a clamp set-screw 22, mountedin a screw opening 23, in one eud of one of the lugs 21, and adapted toimpinge on the standard 16.

The parallel perforate clamp lugs 21, are provided with longitudinallyrecessed inner sides 24, that are adapted to loosely receive the upperand lower flanged ends 25, of the movable semi-circular clamp plate 26,that is opposed to and adapted to register with the fixed clamp-plate20, to provide means for detachably clamping the holder clamp 18, onto ababy carriage handle 19, or other round object. The upper and lowerflanges 25, of the plate 26, are provided with the screw openings 27, toreceive the fastening screws 28, passed through similar openings nearthe upper and lower edges of the tixed clamp plate 20.

With the holder attachment positioned as described, and the stick X, ofthe umbrella clamped tightly between the jaws 8 and 8a, carried by themovable joint plate, it will be obvious that the umbrella can be adjusted to any desired elevation or angle, and when folded, by looseningthe thumb screw 6, and turning or rotating the joint plate 1, the closedor folded umbrella may be thrown or turned down out of the way withoutdetaching the same, as clearly illustrated in dotted lines in thedrawings, and the several different adjustments for the umbrella and thesupporting means therefor will be readily apparent Without furtherdescription.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this inveution.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an umbrella holder, the combination with a supporting standard; ofa pair of superposed joint plates having registering grooves in theirinner sides, and one of said plates carrying a clamp for an umbrellastick, and the other of said plates being provided with a socket toreceive the upper end of said standard, a joint-ring fitted between theplates in the grooves thereof, and a thumb screw adjustably connectingsaid joint-plates to provide for the tightening and loosening thereof onthe joint-ring, substantially as set forth.

2. In an umbrella holder, the combination with a su pportin g standard;of a pair of superposed adjustably connected joint plates, one

of said joint-plates being provid ed with a socket portion adapted todetachably receive the upper end of said standard, and the other of saidjoint-plates being provided with an oistanding integral plate extensionhaving at its outer edge a curved bifurcated clamp jaw, and at oppositeedges guide notches, and a movable clamp-plate adjustably fitted at oneside of said plate extension and provided at opposite edges with guidelugs engaging in said notches, and at its outer edge with a curvedbifurcated clamp jaw opposed to the similar jaw of the plate extensionto provide a clamp for an umbrella stick, substantially as set forth.

3. In an umbrella holder, the combination with the supporting standardand the adjustable stick-clamp mounted on the upper end of saidstandard; of a holder clamp consisting of a fixed semi-circular clampplate having oifstanding parallel perforated clamp lugs projectedintegrally from one side thereof at its upper and lower edges, andhaving longitudinally recessed inner sides, and a movable semi-circularclamp plate detachably secured against the fixed clamp plate andprovided with upper and lower flanged ends fitting in the recessed innersides of said lugs, substantially as set forth.

4. In an umbrella holder, the combination with a supporting standard ofa pair of superposedjoint plates provided at diametrically oppositepoints upon their inner sides with segmental grooves, and with centraldat depressed abutting portions having aligned screw openings, one ofsaid joint plates carrying a clamp for an umbrella stick, and the otherof said plates being provided with a socket to receive the upper end ofsaid standard, a joint-ring fitted between the plates in the groovesthereof, and a thumb screw engaging in said screw openings,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CREE T. VORK.

Witnesses:

ROBERT BROWN, MARY B. WORK.

